Luke 12:18

And he said, This I will do, I will take down my storehouses, and I will build greater ones, and I will gather together there all my products and my good things,

Literal Standard Version

In The King James Version

And he said, This will I do: I will pull down my barns, and build greater; and there will I bestow all my fruits and my goods.

In Context

17and he was reasoning within himself, saying, What will I do, because I have nowhere I will gather together my fruits?

19and I will say to my soul, Soul, you have many good things laid up for many years, be resting, eat, drink, be merry.

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Cross References

Luke 12:21So [is] he who is treasuring up to himself, and is not rich toward God.”

Luke 18:6And the LORD said, “Hear what the unrighteous judge says:

James 4:15instead, you [ought] to say, “If the LORD may will, we will live, and do this or that”;

Matthew Henry on Luke 12:14-22

Worldly-mindedness Exposed. 13 And one of the company said unto him, Master, speak to my brother, that he divide the inheritance with me. 14 And he said unto him, Man, who made me a judge or a divider over you? 15 And he said unto them, Take heed, and beware of covetousness: for a man's life consisteth not in the abundance of the things which he possesseth. 16 And he spake a parable unto them, saying, The ground of a certain rich man brought forth plentifully: 17 And he thought within himself, saying, What shall I… Read the whole commentary →

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